I Was Reborn and Became a High Elf, but I Got Tired of My Slow Life after 120 Years

jpwong

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Tensei Shite High Elf ni Narimashitaga, Slow Life wa 120-nen de Akimashita
転生してハイエルフになりましたが、スローライフは１２０年で飽きました

Publisher: Earth Star Entertainment
Year: 2021
Genre: Slice of Life, Isekei, Fantasy, Adventure
Volumes: LN 6 (ongoing), Manga 2 (ongoing)
Synopsis: Aesir's already spent 120 years of his new life as a high elf living the lackadaisical lifestyle one would expect from him. It's about all he can take. With much more time than he knows what to do with, he decides to set off and explore the world he's spent a century in and still knows nothing about.

Publisher Site:
LN: https://www.es-novel.jp/booktitle/118highelf_r.php
Manga: https://www.comic-earthstar.jp/detail/highelf/

So I ran into the manga for this one and it was pretty interesting. Since the main character is a high elf who's going to live over 1000 years it makes for a bit of a different take on Slice of Life because the story is able to skip forward years at a time as the character spends time in different places allowing you to actually see how the world and the people he interacts with change as time goes on.

This novel does appear to be moving at a somewhat aggressive release schedule considering the first volume came out April 2021 and volume 4 came out in January 2022. The author does have a WN for the title on syosetu which appears to still be getting updated regularly.

Lily Garden

Looks interesting, I would like to read it

grobinson2k1

@jpwong said in I Was Reborn and Became a High Elf, but I Got Tired of My Slow Life after 120 Years:

makes for a bit of a different take on Slice of Life because the story is able to skip forward years at a time as the character spends time in different places allowing you to actually see how the world and the people he interacts with change as time goes on.

This one sounds interesting enough to read. The time jumps if done properly will keep me engaged, I suspect.

Aruseus493

Read the fan-scanlations for this last night through today. I quite enjoyed it so I'll give this my vote. Slice of Life Adventure series with a large passage of time tickle my interest.

Those that have read Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Manga) will be familiar with the concept. It's essentially a slice of life series where the protagonist is traveling the world making connections and friends while the passage of time is depicted via years typically. So the protagonist does revisit some places and we see how things have changed. It's not a very action oriented series as it tends to focus more on the different life spans than fighting battles.

It's a rare Earth Star title that is stable in publication with volume 6 having come out back in September.

V6 Cover

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Licensed by J-Novel Club.

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